Luther Lee Blizzard, 96, of Freeney Avenue, Suffolk, transitioned Sunday, March 31, 2019 at his residence. He was the son of the late Mary G. Outlaw Blizzard and Otis L. Blizzard. He was preceded in death by his wife Dollie W. Blizzard, son, Phillip V. Blizzard, sister, Estella M. Blizzard; two brothers, Richard L. Blizzard and Louis O. Blizzard. Luther...
Cherry D. Taylor, 80, of Hilltop Drive, Brentwood, New York transitioned Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Hospice Inn in Melville, NY. A graveside service will be held 3:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2019 at 631 N. Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Professional services with dignity have been entrusted to Crocker Funeral Home, Inc.
Betty Lee Hall White of the 1900 block of Carolina Road, Suffolk, transitioned on Thursday, March 28, 2019 in Petersburg, Virginia. She was born in Sunbury, North Carolina on June 1, 1933 to the late George Washington Hall and Ada Freeman Hall. She was predeceased by a son, Ronnie D. White (1999); brothers, George Earl Hall (2006) and Joseph P....
Laquita "Money Queen" Lakan Jacobs, 28, of Daisy Reid Avenue, Woodbridge, Virginia transitioned Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. She was the daughter of Joyce M. Boone(Bobby) and Larry Jacobs(Dana). She was a c/o 2008 graduate of Lakeland High School and matriculated to Virginia Commonwealth University where she graduated in 2013 with a degree...
Henry Lee Johnson, Sr., 76, of Ockawaha Avenue, Suffolk, Virginia transitioned Monday, March 25, 2019 at Sentara Obici Hospital. He was the son of the late Ruby Mae Johnson and Joseph Lee Johnson Sr, besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Emma Johnson. He retired in 2011 from Coastal Lumbar Company after 46 years after...
Verdine W. Urquart was born in Ivor, Virginia on May 12, 1945. She was the oldest daughter of the late James and Ruth Lane. She departed this life on March 24, 2019. She enjoyed cooking and socializing with family and friends. She was a faithful member of Gilfield Baptist Church where she sang in the choir, served on the Deaconess,...
Lucy M. Rawlings, 81, of Spencer Court, Suffolk, Virginia transitioned Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Lucy Whitaker and Ernest Powell. Besides he parents she was preceded in death by her daughter, Carolyn Powell, sisters, Ira Mae Trader and Emma Jean Saunders. Lucy was employed with the City of Suffolk as a...
Father Wayne C. Hodge Sr. 72, of Suffolk, departed on Friday, March 15, 2019, at his home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Ann Brown Hodge, and a brother, Ernest L. Hodge Jr. Wayne leaves to cherish his memory a son, Wayne Jr. (Prema), of New York, N.Y.; two daughters, Erika Hodge Harris, of Laurel, Md., and...
On March 15, 2019, God gave Evangelist Anna Marie Ridley Smith, her wings that she would gently and peacefully ascend from this earth with her granddaughter at her side. She was born in Nansemond County, Suffolk, Virginia, and was the only daughter of the late Napoleon and Magnolia Ridley. Evangelist Smith, known by her loved ones as “RE” was a...
Virginia Warren Gilchrist, 92, of Battery Avenue, Suffolk, Virginia transitioned Friday, March 8, 2019 at her residence. Born in Southampton County was the daughter of the late Addlee Branch Warren and George H. Warren. She was preceded in death by her husband Elder Elwood Gilchrist, Sr; sisters, Martha Warren and Bernice Story; brothers, Andrew Lee Warren and Willie James Warren....